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The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
DESPERATE RETALIATION.
Mr.. Patrick Egan Predicts Stormy
Times In Ireland.

LINCOLN, Neb, Aug. 22.-Mr. Patrick
Egan, Ex-President of the National Land
League of America. in an interview in re-
gard to the suppression of the National
League in Ireland, said: "From my inti-
mate knowledge of the stupidity as well as
the brutality Of the men who control the
Tory party in England, / have been looking
for just such course. The Irish National
League by keeping the masses on the lines
of constitutional agitation served as safe
ty valve for the just and natural bitterness
and passion Of the people. Deprived of the
rights OF public meeting and free speech
those feelings will now find vent in a policy
on the part of the active and desperate, Of
bloody retaliation. If we have a repetition
Of the Phoenix Park tragedy, and other de-
plorable horrors Of past coercion regimes,
the verdict of the civilized world will hold
the English Tory government alone account
able. Wendell Phillips truly said: "A
British red-coat may shoot an Irish rebel,
but he cannot shoot an idea In like man.
ner the stupid Tories may proclaim the
League, but instead of killing the idea
which the League represents they will but
strengthen It tenfOld. The government pro-
claimed the Land League in October, 1881.
That proclamation was met with stern def
ance from both sides of the Atlantic, and the
struggle of six or eight months which fol-
lowed was the most bitter in the checkered
history of Ireland, during which the govern
ment had in prison over 1000 of the leaders
of the people terminating In the complete de-
feat Of the administration. The present
proclamation will do more than anything
else to confirm the widespread sympathy for
our cause in America, and can have no 9TH
er termination but the complete and speedy
ruin OF the present government and the tri-
umph of home rule"
John Fitzgerald, President of the League,
axprQSSa0 muQh the finanta ha
fate of the cow which tried to stop the loco
motive" he said, would be the fate of the
Tory government in trying to suppress the
National League.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
FINISHED CRUISERS.
The Boston and ichIcago Ready for
Their Trial Trips.

NEW YORK, Aug 22.-There is notable
increase in activity at the navy yard in con-
nection with the fitting out of the new cruis-
ers Chicago and Boston for their steam trials
and the making ready Of the corvettes Enter
prise and Nipsic for squadron duty. The
cruiser Boston has had her dock trial, made
for the purpose Of wearing her machinery
down to good bearings, and also to accustom
the firemen and c0al-heavers to their work in
the boiler room, so as to secure the best re-
suits on the speed trial up the Sound, which
1t Is said, will be made this week. The new
cruiser Chicago has on her 500 tons of coal
and as soon as she Is shifted to the trial
berth. she will have As hours dock trial,
the same as the Boston has had. The Nipsie
and Enterprise are nearly ready to be put in
to commission. On the former a steam steer
ing apparatus OF new pattern Is being fitted
New flooring Is to be laid under the engines
of both vessels. Naval Constructor 5. II.
Pook, who was called to Washington in con-
nectiOn with the new plant to be put into the
navy yard, has returned and gone on leave
for short rest from his tedious labors. He
has been ordered to have list made of the
tools required, their estimated cost and how
much Of the new plant can be made in the
yard.
Secretary Whitney has given the order to
begin the preparatory work in building the
big 6000-ton armOred battle-ship at this yard
but this preliminary work will take about
three months. 1t is expected that the keel
of the great vessel will be laid about Jan. 1.
The first thing to be done is to clear out the
ship house where the unfinished wooden fri
gate New York lies, which is to be sold TO
the highest bidder on Sept. 10th. In this
shed, as well as that in which the unfinished
monitor Colossus lay for many years, VIII be
placed machinery. valued at $4,000 OF the
most approved designs. Hence the navy
yard will be transferred into an iron-work-
Ing establishment. 1t will then be In condi-
ti0n for the construction of the most modern
war vessels.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
The POPULAR Thistle,

Few YORK, Aug. 22.-The cabin of the
Scotch cutter Thistle begins to look like a
picture gallery, from the fact that her many
admirers are presenting Captain Barr with
all kinds of testimonials. The latest pre-
sentation was made by Clan Mckenzie, No.
30 OF the Order of Scottish Clans. 1t is the
prettlest Of the many emblems presented by
Ine Ihlstle's admirers since her arrival.
III represents Sir Robert Bruce, the
ancient Scottish hero and patriot, in prison,
and underneath is emblazoned large thistle
with suitable motto. The committee max
ing the presentation included Chief w. =.
Charles, Secretary G. F. Ewing, Royal Dep
uty, W. ). Boyd, and Clansmen j. r. McDon-
nell. Alexander Mckenzie, w. Lyman and j.
Hunter. Other clans will pay their respects
to the Scottish champion and her crew, as
soon as the testimonials now being prepared
are ready for presentation.
Today again the Thistle was surrounded
with boats of every kind, and the watch on
deck was made weary in warning boatmen
off. The annoyance to those on board the
Thistle was caused by the nasty habit the
small boats developed of poking their noses
into the Thistle's side and rubbing away the
paint.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
LAWLESS MINERS.
A Riot In Which Sixty Persons Were
Badly Injured.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug. 22.-A fearful
riot occurred yesterday at Glen Lyon, five
miles from Nanticoke. Three hundred
miners, men and women, were engaged.
They were of all nationalities- -Irishmen,
Welshmen, Hungarians and Poles being
largely represented. Sixty persons were
seriously hurt, some probably fatally. The
Susquehanua Coal Company always selected
Saturday for pay day. Heretofore it has
been the practice to pay at Nanticoke. This
time, however, they paid the men at Glen
Lyon or Morgantown, on Sunday, the day
chosen by the merchants to make collections.
The affair was inspired by a Methodist
preacher named Taggart, of Glen Lyon
Mr.. Taggart frequently preached against the
desecration of the Sabbath, and finally de-
termined to put a stop to it if possible Yes
terday he organized posse of his church
members for that purpose. The men got
wind of it and made up their minds to resist
any overtures The collectors appeared, and
the natural excitement was augmented by
universal indulgence in beer and whiskey.
As the day advanced, the churchmen became
alarmed at the situation and kept in hiding.
The feeling of antagonism was SO intense,
however, that it finally eliminated in a free
fight between the men of opposite national
tiles, who were maddened with drink.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
STOLEN BOOKS.
Marketable Evidence Against the
City Fathers Of Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-It is said that some
very damaging evidence against the Doodle
Aldermen is in the possession of young
employee of the Old Underground Electric
Light Company. He stole all the books of
the company and now holds them for ran
som. The books disappeared from the of
flee of the company last week, and it was
shortly given out that they would be re-
turned for fair price from the persons
against whom they contained incriminating
evidence. This evidence is said to consist
chiefly of the stub books of the stock of the
company which was issued to the boodlers
The stock was issued in blank, but for the
convenience of reference the stubs were filed
in in pencil with the actual names of the Al
dermen to whom the stock was issued, and
the stubs also show the way it was prorated.
After this blank stock had been in exis-
tence long enough for the ordinance to pass
the City Council the boodlers were all in
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
THE MAINE STATE PRESS.
AN ILLFATED VOYAGE.
A Schooner Sinks and Her COM
nander Narrowly Escapes.
Especial to the Press.l

HALLowELL, Aug. 22.-The schooner
Furman Love, S. NJ. Tyler, captain, left
Perth Amboy. July I'd, with cargo of coal
for the Augusta Gas Company. While she
should have been here in ten days, owing to
unfavorable weather she was delayed and
the captain wrote dubious letter from
Provincetown, Mass, where the schooner
was "hung up" Later on he stopped in
Portland, ILL., This afternoon, to cap the
climax of the schooners ill fortune, as she
was being towed up the river by the tug
Stella, she struck one of the sunken piers of
the old Hallowell and Chelsea bridge, oppo-
site this city, and sunk in a few minutes
John H. Thomas, who was acting as captain
rushed down into the cabin after some
papers, and before he could escape, the yes.
sci went down and he with it, but fortunate
ly the top of the cabin came off and he came
to the surface and was rescued. The vessel
belongs in Providence, r. l.. and was unin-
sured.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
a STORM SWEPT COAST.
A Story Of High Winds on Land and
Sea.

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 22.-The signal SER
vice seacoast telegraph line was repaired
yesterday, and information has been OBJ
tanned showing that the storm which pre-
vailed along North Carolina last week was
one of the most destructive that has visited
that section for years At Kitty Hawk the
force Of the storm blew away the apparatus
for measuring the velocity Of the wind. At
the signal station an observer reports that
the fury of the storm was almost indescriba-
Bile. He estimates the velocity Of wind at
his station at about 125 miles an hour, and
the damage to shipping in that vicinity must
be unusually heavy. Telegraph lines south
Of KittyHawk are entirely wrecked, the poles
were torn out Of the earth and broken into
match wood
Among the vessels known to have been
damaged by the storm is the American bark
entine Walter l.. Massey, which sprung a
leak off Chacamocomco, N. G. The Baker
Salvage Company has been notified, and a
steamer has besn dispatched to the relief Of
the vessel The steamer Ecuglet Of the
North Carolina Despatch Company is re-
ported ashore in the Cove Sound, high and
dry, and the tug Million +. Taylor, of Nor
folk, and steamer Annie, of the North Caro-
lima Despatch Company are reported ashore
near Cherry Point Is miles below New
berne, n g. 1t is thought that other, and
perhaps more serious shipping easulties will
DC reported Wnen telegraphlc communication
with Hatteras shall have been restored.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. 22.-The British
steamer Propitious, from Carthagena, ar
rived this afternoon badly battered. She
reports that Saturday morning at o'clock,
when 60 miles off Cape Henry, she encoun-
tered terrific gale, which lasted till o'clock
p m. and swept everything before it.. Fall
ing stanchlons knocked q circular hole in
the deck. through which the water poured
into the hold. A large, heavy galvanized
iron bucket was torn from its fastenings aft
and swept to the hole, into which it fitted as
snugly as though made for it. This alone
prevented the water from filling and sinking
the ship. In the meantime Capt. Nichols
was swept overheard and lost. The plank
ing OF the deck was badly sprung
SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 22.-The City of
Savannah, which arrived yesterday II hours
late from New York, reports passing through
a violent hurricane on Friday night at 8
O'Clock, all that night the wind was blowing
gale The steamer was then off Hatteras
with the light in sight. She was headed out
to sea and ran into the storm until 5 o'clock
the next morning. For four hours the wind
blew at the rate of 75 miles an hour. About
midnight A. ID. Porter, the first mate, was
washed overheard, and minute later was
swept back on deck alive. Two seamen
were painfully but dangerously injured.
The passengers, crew. and officers all ex-
pected that the ship would founder every
moment. She rode the storm out safely.
however. The passengers will present
Capt. Fred Smith with gold-headed cane.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
Notes..

Games today-Manehester at Lowell, Sa-
lem at Hayerhill.
The Portlands do not play today.
Polhemus Is now doing the wandering Jew
act. Present address, Wheeling.-lVox pop
uli.
There is a growing opinion that Manager
Burnham Of Hayerhill is pretty small pOta-
toes where money Is oncerned.-fL0well
Times.
The Lowell Sun says that the coaching Of
Donovan OF the Salems sounds like the yell
ing of man who is being chased by a wild
bull, and the bull very near.
There will be lots of fun on the Philadel-
phia ground Sept. 18th. On that date the
Snorkeys, composed entirely Of one-armed
men, will play the Hoppers, every mothers
son Of whom is minus a aleg.-[Exchange.
The ''inattention" of Umpire MahOney Is
what the Lowell Times gives as a reason for
the dissatisfaction found with his work Sat
urday. In game of such importance that
Is serious fault.
The magicans have nothing to fear from
the latest discovery Of Harry Spence, as the
much-belauded Willie Mains Is not what he
has been cracked up to be.-ILowell Times.
He is just what Portland has claimed for
him. The Lowells couldn't hit him enough
to win the game, even with the help they got
from the umpire.
Today the Manehesters will have a chance
at the LOwells again, and there will Droba-
bly, be hot contest. IL they will only play
such game as they do when they meet the
Portlands there isn't much doubt as to
which will win it.
Old Prob. has been very kind to Lowell
this season. Yesterdays game was the
fourth one he has prevented between them
and the champions, three Of them being
scheduled for the Portland grounds and one
in Lowell. Two postponed games and tie
game in this city and one postponed game in
Lowell have all occurred since the revision
of the schedule, and will be played off IL
necessary.
The West Buxtons easily defeated the
Limingtons at that place Saturday, by a
score Of 15 to 8.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
TRE PORTLAND DAILY pgsss.

Published every day Sundays excepredl by the
PORTLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
pldn,t Lose a Flag.

At the recent reunion Of the veterans Of
the 9th Maine regiment, one Of the Bidde-
ford members stated that he had seen a
reference to a battle flag captured from the
9th Maine during the war. He believed the
statement was untrue, ana he asked his COM
rades II the regiment ever lost Its c0lors Cur
its long service Every member Of the regi-
ment present declared that the 9th Maine
brought home from the service every nag
that II carried to battle.
Robert N. Morrill, of Bddeford has since
the reunion received a letter from capt.
Charles A. Brooks Of New York; explain
ing the origin Of the report relative 10 the
capture Of the flag. The letter contains the
following clipping from New. York Tri-
hume article "A flag captured from Gen.
Longstreet's corps had these remarks on
paper pasted ON the stah: "Mr. Yankee.
You please turn this flag, staff and shoulder
belt over TO the 9th Maine; was captured at
ST. Gilmore on the 10th Of October, 1854. by
Third Forks Regt. VOl.," (Signedl ssBle
Rebel" Capt Brooks adds that the state.
ment quoted Is all 'bosh," for he Is posi-
tive that the regiment never lost a flag dur
ing the war.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Mrs. Rodney Dane, of Nashua, aged 63,
sulcided yesterday morning by hanging, tenn
porary insanity was the cause.
The yacht Thistle is expected to be ready
for work by the end of this week.
Judge Noah Davis win be appointed ref
cree in the Ives case, in New York, with
power to act.
w. S. Babcock, al Chicago lumber, dealer has
died from wounds received at Gardiner, Ill.
The affair is a impetuous one, BabcOck's as
sallant being unknown.
The engineer, fireman and another man
were fatally hurt by the ditching Of train
on the Santa Fe railroad. A COW on the
track was the cause.
The Calumet and Hecla copper mine at
Hancock, Mich, is full of fire and large
quantities of chemicals are being used in the
effort to put out the flames.
A. j. Vanderpool, New York, lawyer. is
reported to have dropped dead in Paris,
France.
Senator Sherman and party arrived az
Winnipeg from the West, Sunday night, and
went on East via the Canadian Pacific an
hour later.
Chancellor j. III. Vincent of Chautauqua
has been presented with pine gavel made
from the famous signal tree which stood on
the summit of Allatoona Mountain. To
that tree Gen, Sherman, from Kenesaw c
Corse over the heads of the Confederate
troops to hold his position until Federal re-
Inducements should arrive. The gavel came
from Joseph NJ. Brown, son Of Senator
Joseph L. Brown.
A negro cook ON board Of Scotch schoon-
er is the author of a novel way of killing a
shark. He heated a friedrich red hot,
wrapped 1t up in greasy cloth and threw it
overheard. when the voracious shark darted
after it and swallowed it. The sharks fury
was soon subdued and he floated to the sur
face dead.
@. E. Bartlett, cashier of the Sumter Ma
tional Bank, of Sumter, 5. G., has defaulted
to the amount of $4,000 and disappeared.
The bank is able to stand the loss.
Mitchell, Vance & Co., corporation un-
They are insolyent, with assets of S750,O00
and total liabilities of $1,345,000.
The Democratic State Committee Of Mas
sachusetts have called the State convention,
to meet at Worcester, September 20.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland will
spend October I'd, 3rd and 4th in st. Louis.
They will attend the fair and Yelled Proph-
cts ball.
Lightning struck the house of Samuel S.
Meeker at Fairfield, Conn.,, yesterday and
killed Meeker's seven year old daughter.
Two freight trains cellided on the Chesa-
peake q Ohio railroad lastlnight,two engines
and fifteen loaded cars were demolished.
The loss amounts to $7t 900. A young oper-
ator, who went to sleep, was the cause.
Leuis De Beck, for five years sutler at the
Charlestown Navy Yard, has inherited over
million dollars by the death Of an aunt in
Belgium. He sails for Belgium September
15, to look after the estate.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
Visiting His Dead Bride.

ATHENS, Ca, Aug. 22.-Jasper Porter, who
lives near this place, was affianced to Miss
Ward, who lived in the neighborhood of
Walnut church in jackson county. Their
wedding day was fixed and he had an en-
gagement to visit her yesterday. He started
across the country on horseback, and near
ing the church observed crowd and finding
that 1t was funeral, dismounted and en-
tered. The preacher was in the middle of
his discourse, and no mention was made by
which Mr.. Porter could tell who the dead
was. When the sermon was over the coffin
lid was opened and AL were invited to take a
last look. Mr.. Porter was grief-stricken up
on reaching the coffin to find that it con-
tanned the dead body of Miss Ward. She
died suddenly, and the notice of her death
was on its way to him by mail.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23

The Full Programme of the Twenty
First National Encampment.
The following order of the Commander-lnl
Chief arrived here Yesterday:

The following order Of the Commander-ln1
Chief arrived here yesterday:
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
GRAND ARMY OF THE kEPuBLIc,{
MADISON, WIS, Aug. 20, 1887.
As heretofore announced. the 2ist National
Encampment q. A. X. will be held In 81. Louis,
fhe parade viii occur on Tuesday the 27th Of
Sept, at 10 o'clock a. m.
fhe attendance viii be so large that tt has been
determined that g. A. men ana veterans ss % me dne
The business session Of the Encampment win
convene In Exposition Hall on Wednesday morn
ing, Sept. 25th, at 10 O'Clock.
The Executive Committee Of the National Coun-
ell OF Administration will meet on Monday even
ing. Sept; 26th, at 7.So, at Room GO, The South
The National Council Of Administration win
hold meeting ON Tuesday, at O'Clock p. m, az
National Headquarters.
Wis, at O'Clock 4. m., by special train, via Nil
waukee, over the Chicago 4 Northwestern kail-
road to Chicago. This train viii be transferred
will leave Chicago by the |. G. X. r.. o'clock a.
m, arriving In st. Louis at ?. m. the same day.
National Headquarters win be established az
The southern Hotel at room No. SO, on the even
All raiiroads have made a rate Of one fare for
the round trip and the Central Traifle Association
and from ST. Louis This last rate may prevail
Excursions at very low rates are arranged to
Nashville Chattanooga, Atlanta, Springfield,
Mo- Springfield Ill.,, and other places Of interest.
Comrades desiring full programme of the pro-
ceedlngs OF the Encampment week. giving par
advance Of the meeting, will address GEN ID. r.
Grer, Lndeu Hotel, Chairman General Execu-
tive Committee, st. Louis, Mo-, VINO will gladly
furnish II. LuCIUs fAIRcHILD,
Commander-in-C chief.
K. b. GRAY, AdIutant General
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
A Reformer Who Ran Away.

E. p. JONES. Pvt S. c.. U. 5. A.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23
RAILWAY MATTERS.


Notwithstanding this has been foggy sea-
son it has had no effect on the amount OF
travel to Mt. Desert. The agent at Bar Har-
Dor Of the Maine Central Railroad states
that the amount Of transportation furnished
by the road for the month Of July was 50
per cent larger than for the same period last
year. For the first ten days Of the month Of
August the amount of transportation fur
nished was II per cent larger than for the
same DAYS Of August last year.
tits expected that trains will be running
over Upper Coos Road as far as Colebrook.
N. H., by October l.
The Boston X Maine will run two extra
trains between Old Orchard Beach and Bos-
ton daily, beginning yesterday, until Septem-
Der 10. This Is done in order to relieve the
regular trains from overcrowding by return
ing summer excursionists.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-23

tion as to the retention of Republicans in
Federal offices in Massachusetts was held at
headquarters this afternoon and an earnest
discussion was had as to modes Of proce-
dure. From member OF the committee 1t
was learned that the work of investigation
has been diligently pursued thus far, al
though some obstruction has been encoun-
tered in places where information was
sought for. 1t was explained that the com
than to ascertain the proportion Of active
Republicans retained In Office held In Mas
sacbusetts under President Cleyeland's ad-
mlnistration, and TO draw attention to the
subject